Middlewich Guardian News Court Cases, Feb 6, 2026 · William Walmsley, Middlewich town mayor between May 2018 and May 2019, was a defendant in the High Court civil trial between Middlewich Town Council and the town’s cemetery board on December 5 to 9, last year. Jul 17, 2025 · A HIGH Court judge has granted Middlewich Town Council an injunction which will allow it to take control over a cemetery bank account - after claims of a 'witch hunt' were made at the hearing. Dec 4, 2025 · The trial, which is expected to last between two and three days, has been brought by claimant, Middlewich Town Council (MTC), which is seeking financial and other remedies resulting from MCB assuming control of council assets including bank accounts, land, buildings, and cemetery records. Apr 4, 2025 · The claim was made in a report by MTC's own clerk, Safia Kauser, on the council's ongoing legal dispute with the Middlewich Cemetery Board (MCB) over which is the town's legal burial authority. A day earlier, it emerged former board member Jean Eaton's signature appeared as counter-signatory on cheques Middlewich news Man accused of making lewd comments to young girl chooses crown court trial by jury The wait is over for this weekend's three-day festival Midsummer Middlewich Pub in Middlewich decks out venue ahead of England games Woman feared life with an oxygen tank before quitting smoking after 50 years Apr 8, 2026 · Bookmark Police name man accused of exposing himself in Cheshire town Chester Crown Court Bookmark Historic Cheshire building that 'inspired Charles Dickens' set for repair work Middlewich Jul 14, 2023 · A DRUG driver who was 39 times over the legal limit has been jailed for causing the death of ‘a much loved family man’. In the latest twist to the ongoing dispute, numerous alleged criminal offences relating to the cemetery and its operation have been reported to Cheshire Police. New Cheshire domestic abuse court sees 168 cases in first month Updated Long delays and two lanes closed on M6 northbound after crash involving two lorries and car Feb 5, 2026 · A judge has ruled there was "some misappropriation" of funds at a cemetery in Cheshire, after a court hearing in December. Dec 5, 2025 · A SENIOR judge has ruled Middlewich Cemetery was never a private burial ground and has always been the property of Middlewich Town Council (MTC). Dec 10, 2025 · ALLEGATIONS of more forged signatures on cheques and burial deeds emerged during day three of the Middlewich Town Council (MTC) vs Middlewich Burial Committee (MCB) on Tuesday, December 10. Austin Ford, of New King Street, pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual communication with a child at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday. Dec 6, 2025 · The Middlewich Cemetery scandal has been laid bare at the High Court in London (Image: NQ) A MYSTERY bank account which received at least £36,000 lawfully destined for the maintenance of Middlewich Cemetery was described both as ‘a smoking gun’ and ‘evidence of ‘financial misappropriation’. . Other defendants were former Middlewich Cemetery Board members Simon McGrory, Jean Eaton, Claire Armstrong, and Sonia Edwards, as well as former town clerk and cemetery board member Dec 17, 2024 · CHESHIRE East Council is investigating planning breaches at Middlewich Cemetery – but there appears to be confusion over who enforcement action should be taken against if it is deemed necessary. Northwich Guardian - latest news, traffic, updates, information and video from Northwich and across Cheshire East. Townley, 61, was sentenced to 17 years in prison plus eight years on extended licence, having previously been found guilty of 12 offences Northwich Guardian news - latest news, updates, information and video from Northwich and the rest of Mid Cheshire. Nov 27, 2024 · Middlewich Cemetery (Image: Google) POLICE have launched a fraud investigation as a long-running saga involving a town council and a cemetery rumbles on. Alan Townley, of Elton Road, Sandbach and Patricia Jones, of Glastonbury Drive, Middlewich, both appeared at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday 1 October. Middlewich Town Council has been locked in a legal row with the Oct 4, 2024 · A man and a woman have both been jailed in relation to the sexual abuse of a child in Middlewich. The council has sent letters to both Middlewich Town Council and Middlewich Cemetery Board informing Oct 21, 2025 · MIDDLEWICH Cemetery has issued an ‘emotional’ plea to bereaved loved ones after an audit revealed ‘alarming' discrepancies in its burial records. The ruling came at the end of the first morning of a trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London between MTC and members of Middlewich Cemetery Board (MCB) on Friday, December 5. 1 day ago · A MIDDLEWICH man has chosen a jury trial to clear his name after being accused of making lewd comments to a young girl. Earlier this summer the town council finally regained control of Middlewich Cemetery after a long-running dispute over a number of fraught years. Apr 8, 2025 · Middlewich Town Council intends to get a court order to force the town's cemetery board to relinquish control of its assets and records (Image: Newsquest) IT could take up to 10 years for Middlewich Town Council (MTC) to take back full control of the cemetery, residents have been warned. The report states lawyers’ bills for both sides so far add up to £62,000, and the total is set to increase as the council gets ready to take MCB back to court after a settlement agreement collapsed Dec 10, 2025 · Claire Armstrong, taken at Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival in 2024 (Image: Newsquest) 'CLAIRE Armstrong is the real villain of the piece, but there are no innocents abroad’ - this was the view of Middlewich Town Council’s barrister, Michael Paget, as he summed up the now concluded High Court trial on Tuesday, December 9. s45gns, xsiwwhc, tmalai, 2m, 1jsdd, fe1u, quxxwg, vrk, muv, yxe,
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